NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday exempted Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin from personal appearance in any court relating to criminal cases filed on his controversial ‘eradicate Sanatan’ remarks and barred lodging of new FIRs for the comments made at the TN Progressive Writers Artists Association in Chennai on Sept 2, 2023.An intense…
NEW DELHI: Actor and politician Kamal Haasan on Friday emphasised the linguistic pride among Tamilians and warned those who might take language issues lightly.Amid the ongoing row between state government and Centre National Education Policy (NEP), Hassan referred to the state’s historic struggle against the imposition of Hindi and said that people of Tamil Nadu…
Union Government committed to implementing NEP: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan CHENNAI: As Tamil Nadu stepped up its opposition to the National Education Policy, with the ruling DMK and its allies announcing a protest on February 18, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday dismissed the state government’s opposition as “politics” and said the Centre is…
NEW DELHI: Responding to Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin‘s accusation once again that the BJP-led Union govt is attempting to impose Hindi on the state, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan criticised the DMK govt for “doing politics” over the issue while reiterating Centre’s commitment to implementing the National Education Policy 2020.The latest row…
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday accused Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan of “blackmail” for allegedly taking a stand that Tamil Nadu would not be provided funds till such time it accepted the National Education Policy (NEP) and the three-language formula. Tagging a video clip of Pradhan speaking to reporters in Varanasi on…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will honoured World Chess Champion D. Gukesh on Tuesday with a felicitation ceremony and a cheque for ₹5 crore. Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and chess legend Viswanathan Anand will also be present.“Tamil Nadu has a history of having 31 Chess grandmasters out of 85 in India. This felicitation…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin continued attacks Sunday on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, saying the state’s leader of opposition “might merge his party with BJP” if there was another income tax search targeting his colleagues.Udhayanidhi recalled that three months ago, EPS had categorically ruled out an alliance with BJP for the…